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Gandhi Revisited: The Plight of the Untouchables

 
 
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Gandhi Revisited: The Plight of the Untouchables

This is a book that brings the works and writings of the great Gandhi into a modern setting. Gandhi championed the cause of the Untouchables in India, and for that he was assassinated. This book tells the story of the modern day Untouchables, the Homeless. The hero becomes a homeless victim, champions their cause, and then pays for his own human weaknesses. This work is written with several themes for the present society; religion, philosophy, morals, and evolution. It is one of a series of books written by Dr. Austin, the first of which is The Tower of Babel, which is to be published in April 2002. Matt, our hero, suffers from the affliction of alcoholic addiction and its complications, and while once a successful doctor, sinks to the level of homelessness after a disastrous marriage and an unfaithful wife, both serious threats to modern American society. This book also portrays the founding of a new religious order, “Creative Evolutionism”.

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Product Details:
Author: Donald C. Austin MD
Paperback: 198 pages
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Publication Date: July 30, 2004
Language: English
ISBN: 1594576254
Package Length: 8.9 inches
Package Width: 5.9 inches
Package Height: 0.5 inches
Package Weight: 0.75 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 3 reviews
 
 

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4Novel Explores Homelessness, and Good & Evil  Jul 17, 2002
By Carol A. Angel
I found the novel's exploration of homelessness unusually interesting, especially the idea that the homeless in this country are our 'untouchables,' and that a kind of tough love is needed, along with enlightened social policies, to adequately address the huge problem. The novel is about the struggle between good and evil on two levels, personal and societal. On the personal level, a doctor's fall into homelessness, alcoholism and criminal behavior is chronicled, as well as his partial redemption through his efforts to help other addicts and homeless persons; then, his ultimate downfall. Those who loved him find solace in knowledge of the positive contribution he made to his community, and in their faith that despite the wrong choices he made in his life and the horrific crimes he committed, he will be forgiven by God. The story is interwoven with writings by and about Gandhi, showing his belief that only unconditional love and nonviolence could cure the societal cancer caused by the caste system and conflicts between India's religious groups. The author is a neurosurgeon who happens to be my brother, and I am proud of the way he has brought his medical, historical and philosophical knowledge together to write this novel. It is a very creative effort!

5Gandhi Revisited:The Plight of the Untouchables  Jul 03, 2002

This book graphically portrays the sad lives of the
American homeless and how a respectable man escapes into
that lifestyle when caught up in the clutches of alcoholism
and how he attempts to conquer it for his fellow untouchables
but is eventually defeated by his alcoholic affliction.The exerpts from Gandhi's Autobiography are graphic in telling his
philosophy of passive resistence & what it can accomplish for
society similar to the preaching of Martin Luther King in this
Country.The plot is novel & written in excellent fashion!

5Gandhi Revisited:The Plight of the Untouchables  Jul 03, 2002

This book graphically portrays the sad lives of the
American homeless and how a respectable man escapes into
that lifestyle when caught up in the clutches of alcoholism
and how he attempts to conquer it for his fellow untouchables
but is eventually defeated by his alcoholic affliction.The exerpts from Gandhi's Autobiography are graphic in telling his
philosophy of passive resistence & what it can accomplish for
society similar to the preaching of Martin Luther King in this
Country.The plot is novel & written in excellent fashion!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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